This is the first story in a four-part series diving into the facts behind one fundamentalist Mormon group’s presence, and ...

A multistate search for two missing Idaho teens, feared to have been kidnapped by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), has been called off.

After escaping a fundamentalist polygamous group, Elizabeth Roundy fought to rebuild her life and protect her children. Now, they are missing — and she believes the FLDS is behind it. As more mothers ...

Law enforcement in Idaho issued an Amber Alert after teenagers Allen Larand Fischer and Rachelle Leray Fischer went missing.

In the FLDS community it is believed a man with more wives is more likely to go to heaven. "My dad has nine wives and around 62 kids," Zack said, as Matt rattled off a list of the mothers' names.

The FLDS was established in 1890 after a group of nonconforming adherents broke away from the Mormon church in order to continue practicing polygamy.

Two FLDS councilmen refused to come to meetings at all. When Jessop and a fellow councilwoman went through the budget for the first time, one of the men quipped, “Ladies, ...

FLDS members who paid taxes and paid a $100 monthly occupancy could stay in their homes. But rather than pay to stay in what they regarded as church property consecrated to God, many FLDS members ...

The FLDS, which has its largest base at the Utah-Arizona border, is well-known for its polygamy — a practice that was abandoned by the mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1890.

NEW YORK — Lorraine Jessop's three youngest children – Nathan, Summer, and Benjamin – have been missing since Feb. 4, 2023. According to court documents, they ran away.

FLDS is a U.S.-based splinter group of the Mormon church that endorses plural marriage. JONATHAN HAYWARD, The Canadian Press/AP • Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage?

The FLDS, meanwhile, has been in South Dakota news lately because of pending state legislation that would classify the failure to reports births and deaths as a misdemeanor crime.